Azis Syamsuddin
{{Short description|Indonesian politician (born 1970)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Azis Syamsuddin
|image = Azis Syamsuddin, Wakil Ketua DPR.jpg
|office = First Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council
|term_start = 1 October 2019
|term_end = 25 September 2021
|1blankname = Speaker
|1namedata = Puan Maharani
|alongside = Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, Rachmad Gobel, and Muhaimin Iskandar
|successor = Lodewijk Freidrich Paulus
|office1 = Member of the People's Representative Council
|term_start1 = 1 October 2004
|term_end1 = 25 September 2021
|constituency1 = Lampung II
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|7|31|df=y}}
|birth_place = Jakarta, Indonesia
|alma_mater = Trisakti University
University of Western Sydney
Padjadjaran University
|party = Golkar
}}
Azis Syamsuddin (born 31 July 1970) is an Indonesian politician who served as First Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 2019 to 2021.
Education
Syamsuddin initially studied in but he completed high school in Padang, West Sumatra. He obtained a bachelor's in economics from {{ill|Krisnadwipayana University|id|Universitas Krisnadwipayana}} and a bachelor's in law from Trisakti University. He later received a master's in finance from the University of Western Sydney in 1999, and a master's and a doctorate in law from Padjadjaran University.{{cite web |title=DR. HM. AZIS SYAMSUDDIN, SH. |url=http://www.dpr.go.id/blog/profil/id/1047 |website=dpr.go.id |publisher=People's Representative Council |accessdate=12 October 2019 |language=id |archive-date=25 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025085455/http://www.dpr.go.id/blog/profil/id/1047 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Cindyara |first1=Aria |title=Profil - Kiprah Aziz Syamsuddin, praktisi hukum hingga pimpinan DPR |url=https://www.antaranews.com/berita/1091980/profil-kiprah-aziz-syamsuddin-praktisi-hukum-hingga-pimpinan-dpr |accessdate=12 October 2019 |work=Antara News |date=2 October 2019 |language=id}}
Career
In 1992, he began to work for AIA Group, but after less than a year he moved to the banking industry, joining {{ill|Panin Bank|id|Bank Panin}}. He only stayed in the bank for around 1.5 years, before moving to practice law, joining the law firm Gani Djemat & Partners. He would eventually become a managing partner there.
=Legislator=
Syamsuddin ran for a legislative seat in the 2004 legislative election under Golkar, where he had been active within Golkar's office in Tulang Bawang Regency. He ran to represent Lampung's 2nd electoral district, and after being elected was assigned to the third commission of the People's Representative Council (DPR), which worked on law, human rights, and security. He became the commission's deputy-chair in his first term.
On 25 January 2016, Syamsuddin's was replaced as chair of the third commission by Bambang Soesatyo. Syamsuddin then became head of DPR's budgetary body in February 2017,{{cite news |title=Gantikan Kahar Muzakir, Azis Syamsuddin Jadi Ketua Banggar DPR |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-3428166/gantikan-kahar-muzakir-azis-syamsuddin-jadi-ketua-banggar-dpr |accessdate=12 October 2019 |work=detiknews |date=21 February 2017 |language=id}} until he returned to chair the third commission in June 2019.{{cite news |last1=Ibrahim |first1=Gibran Maulana |title=Azis Syamsuddin Kembali Jadi Ketua Komisi III DPR |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-4583709/azis-syamsuddin-kembali-jadi-ketua-komisi-iii-dpr |accessdate=12 October 2019 |work=detiknews |date=12 June 2019 |language=id}} Following the resignation of Setya Novanto as speaker, Syamsuddin was initially to take up his position, but following a rejection by a majority of Golkar legislators, Syamsuddin was not made speaker.{{cite news |title=Aziz Syamsuddin Batal Dilantik Jadi Ketua DPR |url=https://www.tribunnews.com/nasional/2017/12/11/aziz-syamsuddin-batal-dilantik-jadi-ketua-dpr |accessdate=12 October 2019 |work=Tribunnews.com |date=11 December 2017 |language=id-ID}}
Following the 2019 election, Syamsuddin was appointed as Deputy Speaker of DPR.{{cite news |title=Aziz Syamsuddin, Semangat Baru Golkar di Kursi Pimpinan DPR RI |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2019/10/01/22263741/aziz-syamsuddin-semangat-baru-golkar-di-kursi-pimpinan-dpr-ri?page=all |accessdate=12 October 2019 |work=KOMPAS.com |date=1 October 2019 |language=id}}
Corruption charges
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On 25 September 2021, he was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission.{{cite news |title=Aziz Syamsuddin Resmi Ditahan KPK |url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20210924221039-12-699225/ditahan-kpk-azis-syamsuddin-pakai-rompi-oranye-diborgol |accessdate=25 September 2021 |work=CNNIndonesia.com |date=25 September 2021 |language=id}}
References
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Category:Politicians from Jakarta
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2004
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2009
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2014
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2019
Category:Trisakti University alumni
Category:Padjadjaran University alumni